Question

Mercy is compared to something in the first two line of the phone/speech .what is it? How is this comparison apt? Justify your answer

Answer 1

Answer:

The quality of mercy is not strained. A line from the play The Merchant of Venice, by William Shakespeare. Strained means “constrained,” or “forced”; the speaker is telling Shylock that mercy must be freely given, and is inviting him to show mercy to the title character.